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Russian Revolution Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the Russian Revolution happen during?

a)

World War One

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

The Civil War

d)

The Enlightenment

2.

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks (Communists)?

a)

Lenin

b)

Putin

c)

Hitler

d)

Franco

3.

The Bolsheviks later renamed themselves what?

a)

The Communist Party

b)

The Fascist Party

c)

The Socialist Party

d)

The Democratic Party

4.

What issues were going on in Russia during this?

a)

Food Shortages

b)

Involvement in War

c)

Unhappiness With The Government

d)

All of the above were issues going on

5.

Who ruled Russia prior to the Russian Revolution?

a)

Czars

b)

Presidents

c)

Emporers

d)

Serfs

6.

What government did Russia turn to during this?

a)

Communism

b)

Democracy

c)

Theocracy

d)

Monarchy

7.

Who came up with communism?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

John Locke

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

Karl Marx

8.

What is the book that lays out communism?

a)

The Communist Manifesto

b)

The Wealth of Nations

c)

The Encylopedia

d)

Two Treatises on Government

9.

What did Russia become known as after this?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Austria Hungary

c)

Czechoslovakia

d)

Ukraine

10.

During the civil war following the Russian Revolution, who did the Red Army represent?

a)

Communists

b)

Non-Communists

11.

During the civil war following the Russian Revolution, who did the White Army represent?

a)

Communists

b)

Non-Communists

12.

What is it called when you overthrow a government?

a)

Theocracy

b)

Autocracy

c)

Coup d'etat

d)

Provisionary

13.

Why did czars resist modernization?

a)

They wanted to maintain power

b)

They wanted the best for their people

c)

They wanted to give their money away

d)

They wanted citizens to become prosperous

14.

The czar was seen as a solid, competent leader.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What is the name for Russian labor camps created by Lenin?

a)

Gulags

b)

Internment

c)

Guantanamo

d)

Leavenworth

16.

Lenin's campaign slogan was:

a)

Peace Bread Land

b)

Money Wealth Power

c)

Greed Blood Profits

d)

History Best Class

17.

What was the end result of the Russian Revolution?

a)

Russia became a direct democracy

b)

Russia would become a communist nation

c)

Russia would become a theocracy

d)

Russia would go back to an absolute monarchy

18.

This treaty pulled Russia out of WWI?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Greenville

c)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

d)

Treaty of Moscow

19.

This form of government is described as having no private ownership, no class system and no religious organizations. Everything is distributed equally.

a)

Democracy

b)

Federation

c)

Theocracy

d)

Communism

20.

Who were the Bolsheviks?

a)

Communist Revolutionaries

b)

Secret Police Members

c)

Members of Parliament

d)

Soldiers in White Army

21.

What year did the Russian Revolution take place?

a)

1917

b)

1918

c)

1919

22.

Before the Revolution, what did the people of Russia want the government to do?

a)

Improve working conditions

b)

Pull out of WWI

23.

Which Russian ruler transformed Russia's monarchy into and absolute monarchy?

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Alexander II

d)

Nicolas II

24.

Westernization is the process by which Russia made changes, using western Europe as a model.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Industrialization helped briefly end unrest in Russia because it increased employment level temporarily.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Joseph Stalin became the first ruler of Communist Russia.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Russia's new Communist government implemented totalitarian rule.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

In a Marxist Communist society who owns the means of production

a)

the tsar

b)

the workers

c)

the government

d)

the communist leaders

29.

Who was Lenin?

a)

the leader of the Bolsheviks

b)

the leader of the bourgeoise

c)

the tsar of Russia

d)

the "mad monk"

30.

What is a Duma?

a)

a disease that the tsar's son suffered from

b)

the leader of the White Army

c)

the leader of the Red Army

d)

a type of legislature

31.

One major cause of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was the...

a)

sharp economic differences between the social classes

b)

appeal of communism to the Russian Nobles

c)

the defeat of Germany in WWI

d)

the marriage of the Czar to a German princess

32.

Who sought peace with Germany

a)

Lenin and the Bolsheviks

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Tsar Nicholas

d)

The Provisional Government

33.

What war helped create conditions in Russia that led to the revolution?

a)

Petrograd Revoltution

b)

WWI

c)

WWII

d)

Napoleonic War

34.

Which Marxist term refers to the poorest social class?

a)

Bourgeoisie

b)

Proletariat

c)

Bolshevik

d)

Duma

35.

What is a Soviet

a)

a communist Russian

b)

Lenin's political party

c)

a person in the Soviet Union

d)

a council made up of soldiers, farmers, and workers